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"While Republicans promote themselves as the friendliest party for Wall Street, stock investors do better when Democrats occupy the White House," Bloomberg reports.
In fact, since John F. Kennedy was inaugurated, $1,000 invested in a hypothetical fund that tracks the S&P 500 "only when Democrats are in the White House would have been worth $10,920 at the close of trading yesterday.read more

Majority of protesters are not Republicans, nor are they Democrats: “70 percent of Occupy Wall Streeters label themselves ‘independent.’”There are also more children now, and they are there to learn.Occupy Wall Street, the coloring ...

So says Bloomberg, anyway:
The BGOV Barometer shows that, over the five decades since John F. Kennedy was inaugurated, $1,000 invested in a hypothetical fund that tracks the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX) only when Democrats are ...

... what would that be like?
I can't imagine that it would help the Democratic Party to become infused with Occupy Wall Street spirit to the degree that the Tea Party has taken over the Republican Party. I mean, think of Christine O...

The popular opinion is that the Republican party is more friendly to Wall Street and business than the Democratic Party. Perhaps. But the stock market has performed better with Democrats in the White House.
My study goes back to 191...